Friends : New & Old

Part 2 : Walker, Texas Ranger

Epilogue

7:52a.m. Monday May 20

Company B Texas Ranger Headquarters

Gage walked in headquarters and spotted Sydney sitting at her desk. He made a stop at the coffee pot and filled up both of their mugs. After he poured them a cup and fixed hers the way she liked it, he headed over to her desk only to be stopped by Trivette's voice, "Good to see you here early for once."

"Ha, ha," Gage commented and continued over to Sydney. "Hey, beautiful," He said laying her cup down in front of her. He sat down on the edge of her desk and faced her.

Sydney turned away from the paper work she was working and faced Gage. "Hi, thanks."

"So, this is how you always finish your paperwork before me?" Gage asked smiling.

"I just got here. I thought I would just get a head start."

Gage looked at her papers sitting on her desk and remarked, "'Head start'? You're a forth of the way finished!"

"Well . . ."

"Well?" Gage asked playfully. "By the way, Saturday, dress up real nice. I'm going to take you out on a real date," Gage said, stressing the word 'date'.

"OK," Sydney agreed. "Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise. Don't even ask."

"No hints?"

"None," Gage said firmly. He gave her a quick kiss on the forehead and took his coffee and went over to his desk to start on his paper work.

Minutes later Walker called over to the partners, now couple, "Gage, Sydney, I want to see you two in my office."

Sydney looked at Gage. The worry in her face was evident. "It will be OK. Just relax. No matter what happens, I love you."

"I love you, too, but I don't want another partner," Sydney told him.

"Neither do I. Let's just see what happens." He and Sydney went into Walker's office. "What's up, Walker?" Gage asked.

"Shut the door," Walker replied solemnly. Gage did and by now both he and Sydney were starting to really worry what Walker was going to say. They knew it had to be related to their new breakthrough concerning their relationship.

Walker began, "First, I'm happy that you two are together. I really am. On the other hand, I am your boss and I have to think that way. I don't want to split you guys up. You two are one of the best partnerships I have ever had the pleasure of working with. There is nothing on paper saying you two can't be together. Although, I am getting pressured from higher up to separate you two. Evidently news travels fast. Well, it seems they are worried about his risk and undercover situations." At this point, Gage and Sydney were becoming extremely nervous. "Like I said earlier, you guys work so well together, and because of this, I will not split you up." Both Gage and Sydney let out breaths they did not know they were holding. "However," Walker said giving them a stern look. "This will be on a temporary basis. If one thing goes wrong, I will not have a say in this. Even though, I don't see that happening. Gage, Sydney, you have two months to prove yourselves to make this a permanent thing. Sorry, that's the shortest amount of time I could get before these guys will get of my back," Walker concluded.

"Thank you so much, Walker," Gage said.

"You have no idea what this means to us," Sydney said.

"Oh, I think I do," Walker said thinking back to years ago with him and Alex. Even they were not partners being threatened to be split up. "Besides, Alex would kill me if I split you up," He said trying to make light of the situation.

"Thanks again," Sydney said.

"Yeah, thank you," Gage told Walker.

"Get out of here and get to work!" Walker exclaimed smiling.

Gage and Sydney walked back to their desks and started on the huge stack of paperwork. Sydney looked up from her papers at Gage. She sat there thinking that things were finally fine and everything was going to end up all right. 'Thanks to Gage,' She thought.

Gage looked up and caught Sydney staring at him. He mouthed 'I love you.'

Sydney smiled and replied, 'I love you.' They both looked back down and resumed their work.

Walker had just came out of his office and walked over to Trivette's desk to ask him a question when he witness the exchange between Sydney and Gage. It was evident that Trivette saw it too. "They make a great couple," Trivette commented. Walker nodded him head in agreement, knowing that keeping the two of them together was one of the best decisions he ever made.

Author's Note

Well, we are finally done. We are both extramly sorry that it took so long to finish. After my computer crashing and school starting, it was hard to get back into the swing of things. For the few of you who didn't like the 'review ransom' : I did it only during the first couple of chapters and I did it just so I would know if any body was actually reading it (this being my first story). Also for further info, neither my friend (whom wishes to remain nameless) nor I would ever write a CSI fic that was not in favor of Snickers nor a Walker fic that was not in favor of SAG. - Allyssa

Thank You

We would like to thank lauren, Space-Case7029, sarah, lost one, sn855850, mandy, Elise, Angel1411, allisia, tigereyes15, amanda, mob-princess55, 30 year old who's never had a sophapia!, miranda, and stareagle for reviewing and anybody else I may have skipped and those who reviewed via my e-mail. Thanks even more to those of you who reviewed more than once. A special thanks to Katie, Sandy, and Courtney for your support and tips. I would also like to thank my favorite authors on this site (their names you can find in my bio under the 'Favorite Authors' section) who inspire me every time I read one of their stories.

Disclaimers

I do not own "C.S.I.". They belong to CBS, Jerry Bruckheimer, Anthony Zuiker, etc. I also do not own "Walker, Texas Ranger". "Walker, Texas Ranger" belongs to Christopher Canaan, Leslie Greif, Paul Haggis, etc. (It use to come on CBS but now the reruns are on the USA network.) If you recognize anything, I don't own it.

PS

The bonus points go to Audra, Space-Case7029, for knowing that the reason my friend picked the name Lindsey for Sydney's sister. For anyone who did not catch it. Lindsey and Sidney Greenbush were the twin girls that played Caroline 'Carrie' Ingalls on the great show "Little House on the Prairie". It really was a great show and a great book series.